Beliefs and attitudes toward Buruli ulcer in Ghana

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 67, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2002, Pages 207-213

  Stienstra, Ymkje ^a   Van Der Graaf, Winette T A ^a   Asamoa, Kwame ^a   Van Der Werf, Tjip S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURULI ULCER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GHANA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; PATIENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERSONAL HYGIENE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TROPICAL DISEASE; TROPICS;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0036698695     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2002.67.207     Document Type: Article

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